My glass of water sitting on the dashboard did that thing with the concentric outward ripples from the center. I thought a giant T-Rex was coming to attack my computer-whiz sister, my idol paleontologist, and me, but then it turned out it was just the earthquake.

Just saw on [link=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/08/25/washington.monument/index.html?hpt=hp_t2]CNN[/link] that the Washington Monument will be closed indefinitely due to cracks. There's a few damage pics if you hit the link.

I know it was a "small" earthquake and all that, but I am concerned about the monuments and museums in the area. I hope that nothing will be irreparably damaged and it doesn't cause problems for the care of the museum collections.

Felt it right here in Porter Ranch (I'm at work right now). Because we're so close to the epicenter (near Newhall) it felt a hell of a lot stronger than a 4.2. Regardless, I finally felt my 1st quake of the year! It had been over a year (June of 2010) since my last one.

Well, it's up to a 4.3
And I feel like I'm missing out, I've not felt any of the aftershocks. There's been at least 6, ranging from 1.5's that don't count to 3.0, which means I think the other side of my city is feeling some of those, too.

You're a weird lot. I don't think I've ever been in an earthquake I've enjoyed, even the little ones I experienced years ago.

That certainly is true. As I was explaining to another user yesterday, I always get an adrenaline rush during an actual quake. The shaking sets something off in my mind that gets me excited/hyper........it's been like that my entire life. I was grinning like a kid in a candy store for about 10 minutes after today's quake.

Well, I think Tunick, like me, is an LA native, so we've both grown up with having earthquakes 1 or more times a year.

Yup........was born in Montebello (close enough to the city), and have been living here in the Valley since 1991 (I was born in '86). My memories of quakes only go as far back to 1994 (slept through the main event during the Northridge quake-this despite my hold home being less than 5 miles away from the epicenter-, though. Nothing wakes me up when I'm really, really tired. ). Even at that time, though obviously concerned & worried about the recovery would go (minor damage in my old home/neighborhood), I don't remember being deathly frightened/scared...........that attitude & frame of mind having stuck with me since then. Of course since 1994, there's always 1-3 quakes a year between 3.5-5.0 that I've felt, so that's 17+ years now of quakes............a year without one would be rather odd. Obviously I'm aware of potential catastrophe when shaking occurs (if it feels big enough, and if it does, you never know if this one will be The Big One), a lot of my "enthusiasm" should be taken with a slight grain of salt. That being said, I do have a sense of humor about these things (and love of disaster movies, no matter how horrible they are)/a great interest in earthquakes (a Christmas gift my parents once got for me in the mid-90's: An ABC produced documentary on quakes worldwide) that I certainly understand can be odd to figure out.